Kiwanis Club of Memphis

May 28th, 2019

I was a member of the Downtown Kiwanis club for twelve years. It is a boring, unvarnished dictatorship run by an elderly theocrat politico who should find better things to do. The structure of the club is strictly top-down, with communication AMONG the members actively discouraged -- well, NOT encouraged. That is the greatest weakness, Truly. I would not recommend this club unless you have a compelling rea$on to join (good luck on that). Elderly, ill-informed, doddering, self-important people. Anti-consumer, anti-worker, pro-business. A lot of unquestioned fake news, too. When you ask a visiting speaker a question that the Republican/old theocrat table doesn't like, you get shouted down. -- with fits of coughing and -- yes, heckling. No kidding. There is a reason why so many more people are "bowling alone" nowadays, and this club epitomizes it. Once had 500 members, now down to maybe 20 for lunch once a week. I almost forgot -- lots of mandatory praying and patriotic pageantry. If that works for you, then, by all means, you belong there. And "bless your heart" for voting for Trump.
Nov 15th, 2016